History and today - The history of Havířov

The
beginnings of the town of Havířov bear on construction of mining
settlements in cadastral territories Šumbark, Dolní Bludovice,
Prostřední Suchá and a part of Šenov. The name of the town was chosen
in a public tender from even incredible and breakneck proposals (for
example Bezručov, Čurdov, Faratín, Lidobudovatelov, Budovatelnice,
Budosociokolektivov, Rudohvězdov, Stalin, Gottwaldův Horníkov,
Zápotockýgrad, Všemírov, Šťastnov, Bezručovy Novoměstské Baně etc.)

Administratively
Havířov became a town by virtue of the appropriate decree of the Czech
Government in 1955, and on December 4th, 1955 it also gained city
rights.

Within
Ostrava agglomeration borders Havířov keeps reputation of a town with
superior housing and, in comparison with other towns in this region,
clean environment and very good recreational hinterland.
Havířov is
divided into 8 town quarters : Město, Životice, Bludovice, Podlesí,
Šumbark, Dolní Suchá, Prostřední Suchá and Dolní Datyně. On January
1st,2002 the town had 85 469 inhabitants.
Historical sources in the
area of present-day Havířov allude to Šenov already in 1305 (Šonov,
Schonhof, Szonów) as well as to Horní and DolníSuchá, the first
reliable evidence about Bludovice comes from 1335. In 1438 Šumbark is
first mentioned, it was supposedly found in the 14th century, too. In
the middle of the 16th century they wrote about Šumbark as a town, but
it was not documented whether Šumbark could use city rights